Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Potence de choc
English translation:
impact tester
Added to glossary by
Michael Kowalewski
Oct 20, 2007 19:21
16 yrs ago
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French term
Potence de choc
French to English
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Engineering (general)
Tools/Measuring devices
The context is measuring and testing equipment. It is in a list with micrometer, multimeter, pH meter, thermo-hygrometer... It can also be calibrated because there is a reference to a document on how to calibrate it. And that's it for context. I've found next to nothing that seems related on the Internet and it doesn't even appear in my technical dictionaries.
Any help would be appreciated.
Any help would be appreciated.
Proposed translations
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| 4 | impact tester |
Bourth (X)
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| 2 +1 | brinell hardness tester |
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impact tester
If Tony is right that it is for impact testing (how does he know that?), then "impact tester" might be it.
I found reference to a "potence" for a pendulum type impact tester for Charpy resistance.
Cette machine d’ essai de résilience, de manipulation aisée et conçue selon les normes standards est destinée à démontrer [ ... ] La machine est constitue d’ une base en fonte d’ acier lourde et stable avec des trous de fi xation pour montage sur une table. La POTENCE comprend deux 2 tiges robustes en acier.
http://www.terco.se/fra/PDF/MTL_fransk.pdf
MT 3016 is a robust, easily handled bench impact tester (Charpy) made to standard specifi cations. [ ... ] The machine has a heavy and stable cast iron mounting with holes for bench attachment. The STAND consists of two robust steel bars.
http://www.terco.se/eng/PDF/mt3016.pdf
[both with pictures]
From my notes :
KCV Charpy V-notch (impact strength test), measure of toughness [Doran,5/11-12] (notch toughness, fracture toughness) – "The toughness of a material is its ability to absorb energy in the plastic range" [Web]. Cf "resilience".
Résilience "The ability of a material to absorb energy when deformed elastically and to return it when unloaded" [Web]. Cf toughness. NOT ALWAYS resilience in English. Voir KCV. Resilience = ability to recover partly after deformation [BSI]
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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-10-20 22:39:48 GMT)
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Maybe "pendulum impact tester" since the whole point of the "potence" would be to support the pendulum (though not all pendulum testers have such a stand).
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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-10-20 22:40:21 GMT)
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Pendulum impact testers are used for Charpy and Izod tests, so I would not specify ...
I found reference to a "potence" for a pendulum type impact tester for Charpy resistance.
Cette machine d’ essai de résilience, de manipulation aisée et conçue selon les normes standards est destinée à démontrer [ ... ] La machine est constitue d’ une base en fonte d’ acier lourde et stable avec des trous de fi xation pour montage sur une table. La POTENCE comprend deux 2 tiges robustes en acier.
http://www.terco.se/fra/PDF/MTL_fransk.pdf
MT 3016 is a robust, easily handled bench impact tester (Charpy) made to standard specifi cations. [ ... ] The machine has a heavy and stable cast iron mounting with holes for bench attachment. The STAND consists of two robust steel bars.
http://www.terco.se/eng/PDF/mt3016.pdf
[both with pictures]
From my notes :
KCV Charpy V-notch (impact strength test), measure of toughness [Doran,5/11-12] (notch toughness, fracture toughness) – "The toughness of a material is its ability to absorb energy in the plastic range" [Web]. Cf "resilience".
Résilience "The ability of a material to absorb energy when deformed elastically and to return it when unloaded" [Web]. Cf toughness. NOT ALWAYS resilience in English. Voir KCV. Resilience = ability to recover partly after deformation [BSI]
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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-10-20 22:39:48 GMT)
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Maybe "pendulum impact tester" since the whole point of the "potence" would be to support the pendulum (though not all pendulum testers have such a stand).
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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-10-20 22:40:21 GMT)
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Pendulum impact testers are used for Charpy and Izod tests, so I would not specify ...
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Comment: "Thank you very much. I thought that it was something like that, I just couldn't find any confirmation."
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brinell hardness tester
brinell is a scale for hardness of materials, usually metal
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Bourth (X)
: Though "Brinell" might not be true
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